DWT training programs assist employers to effectively manage employees in the ever-changing legal environment.

Our programs are:

• Highly interactive
• Conducted by experienced facilitators
• Based upon legal expertise
• Tailored to your operations policies, work culture and time constraints
• Designed for groups of 35 or fewer participants to encourage participation (unless otherwise noted)
• Cost-effective (program cost available on request)

A sampling of our programs:

• Managing Within the Law
• Respectful Work Environment/Anti-Harassment/Sexual Harassment
• Employees with Disabilities
• Managing in a Drug-Free Work Environment
• Maintaining a Discrimination-Free Work Environment
• Cultural Leadership Training
• Responding to a Union Organizing Campaign
• Managing In a Unionized Environment

For more information on our training programs, please contact:

Parry Grover, Alaska
John LeCrone, California
Anne Denecke, Oregon
Mark Berry, Washington and all other locations
Lawton Humphrey, Washington and all other locations

Managing Within the Law

Gives managers a basic understanding of the laws that apply in the workplace. We work closely with your HR staff to ensure the program applies the law to your policies, procedures and company values.

Topics can include:

• Employment At-Will
• Basic Wage and Hour Issues
• Discrimination and Retaliation
• Unlawful Harassment
• Managing Attendance/Employee Leave Rights
• Hiring Practices
• Discipline and Termination

Respectful Work Environment/Anti-Harassment/Sexual Harassment

For Employees:
Builds an understanding of acceptable/unacceptable conduct in the workplace and reinforces what employees should do if they are offended or feel harassed. The program establishes workplace norms for respectful behavior and encourages employees to discuss their concerns with one another.

For Managers:
In addition to the training for employees, managers learn their duties to ensure a respectful, discrimination-free work environment and strategies to competently respond to employee complaints of harassment.

Employees with Disabilities

Provides Managers an understanding of the employer’s obligations to accommodate employees with disabilities. Can they request medical information? Can absences lead to disciplinary action? How far does the accommodation obligation go? This interactive session gives managers the tools they need to help you succeed.

Managing in a Drug-Free Work Environment

Reviews the legal framework for employers to manage drug and alcohol issues, the company drug and alcohol policy, the signs of drug and alcohol misuse/abuse and the manager’s obligations. Particularly useful for employers subject to Department of Transportation drug testing requirements and those with active drug testing programs.

Maintaining a Discrimination-Free Work Environment

Reinforces the employer’s equal employment opportunity policy, including the channels to report concerns. The anti-harassment program can easily be combined with this program. At the end of the program, Managers receive an additional discussion regarding their role in a discrimination-free environment and response to an employee complaint.

Cultural Leadership Training

For Managers:

“Managing to Win”

Helps Managers identify your “business case” for diversity. The program gives Managers the leadership skills necessary to inspire optimal contributions from each employee, regardless of background, and create an environment for excellence. The training also gives managers a basic understanding of discrimination and harassment laws that govern workplace behavior and how to foster positive workplace discussions and interactions.

For Employees:

“Working Together to Win”

Helps employees make their cultural differences a positive feature of the work environment. The program helps employees deal effectively with people from diverse backgrounds by overcoming biases. Working closely with your HR staff, the program focuses on understanding and implementing your company’s business case for diversity and teaching employees their role in maintaining a respectful work environment.

Topics can include:

• Your company’s business case for diversity
• Diversity “best practices”
• Discrimination, harassment and maintaining a respectful workplace
• Solving the mystery of “affirmative action” and “reverse discrimination”
• Hiring—fishing for talent in different watering holes
• Mentoring—why mentoring is important for all employees
• Retention Success
• Active listening—improving employee communication

Responding to a Union Organizing Campaign

Gives managers and supervisors an understanding of the legal restrictions on their conduct during a union organizing drive. Working closely with your “team,” the session provides practical guidance to help the managers best present your position while remaining within the legal guidelines.

Managing In a Unionized Environment

Provides managers and supervisors an understanding of the ways your collective bargaining agreement affects their management strategies and builds their confidence to manage unionized employees. This is ideal for first-time managers or for all managers following negotiation of a first union contract.

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